LOT 3142
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC.
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; wing on galley, IΣTI-AIEΩN around. HGC 4, 1525. Very Fine.(1.97gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Pisidia, Keraitai AE 16mm. 40-32 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted head of Tyche to right; uncertain countermark / KEΡAEITΩN, boar springing to right; c/ms: star. SNG Tübingen 241; SNG Pfalz 241; Imhoof KM 5; Von Aulock Pisidien II 755-759. 3.31gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 28-18 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Laureate head of Apollo to right; Λ-[Y] across fields / Kithara; M-A across fields, tripod in lower right field; all within shallow incuse square. RPC I 3310; Troxell, Lycian League, Period IV, Series 6, 110; Müseler XI, 39-40. 1.71gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 456. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Uncertain Ruler in the name of Antiochos I Soter(?) AE 12mm. 3rd century BC. Uncertain Western mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Male head to right, wearing laureate and crested Attic helmet / AN-TI, bull butting to right. Cf. SC 354 (Apollo; perhaps Antioch on the Orontes); Roma Numismatics, e-Sale 112, 529 (hammer: 850 GBP); otherwise unpublished. 1.66gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; the third known example and of considerable numismatic importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The closest example to our coin is this of SC 354 (=SNG Spaer 216). Although the obverse is described as Apollo, it is nevertheless very worn. Upon closer examination one could see that the two coins share the same type. According to SC 354 note 'The Kritt specimen shows an apparent helmet crest behind Apollo's head, perhaps evidence for overstriking on an earlier variety featuring Athena'. SC's suggestion of Antioch as a possible mint is repeated from SNG Spaer. The reverse is similar to those from Seleukeia ad Tigrim but the fabric is quite different (cf. Brian Kritt, From Aï Khanoum to Samarqand. Seleucid Coins in Central Asia, pl. 8). Our coin is more reminiscent of western mints, but the identification of a specific mint is still impracticable. The most interesting feature, however, is the mysterious face depicted on the obverse, whose parallel example cannot be found in the references.
